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A mid 18th century carved mahogany tripod table
The 'plum pudding' octagonal moulded tilt top inlaid with a band of boxwood and ebonised lines, above a 'birdcage' movement on wreathed baluster turned shaft and hipped cabriole leaf and flowerhead carved legs and claw and ball feet, with castors, ink stamped to the underside 'OKNA, SATERI, SVERIGE', probably Swedish, 73cm diameter, 73cm high.
£2,000-£3,000
A closely related base although with a pie-crust top is illustrated in H.Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, New York, 2nd ed 1937, p.298.
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An early George III mahogany octagonal centre/dining table
The top with an associated leaf, on turned tapering legs and pad feet, 191cm wide, 134cm deep, 72cm high (extended).
£1,000-£1,500
See S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, vol I, p.235 where she quotes Richard Gillow describing the numerous ways an 'octagon table' could be assembled in 1762. This type of table was introduced during the 1760's and remained fashionable for more that a decade, but by the 1770's they were considered old fashioned and were replaced by 'circular' tables.
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A pair of late 19th century Louis XIV style green and grey painted pedestals
The square ogee moulded tops with egg and dart mouldings above shells, scrolls and cabochon carving to the fronts, with swagged bellflowers and lattice work above shells and scrolling acanthus bases, on lion paw feet, with various prop hire labels to the reverse, each 69cm wide, 39cm deep, 97cm high. (2)
£6,000-£8,000
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A large and impressive George II style carved giltwood pier mirror
in the manner of John Vardy
The shaped rectangular divided plate surmounted by a pierced scrolling acanthus leaf carved cresting flanked by 'C' scrolls, flowerhead and pierced rocaille above male and female scrolling terms and leafy fronds, the apron with pierced acanthus and 'C' scrolls issuing icicles, 247cm high, 113cm wide.
£3,000-£5,000
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¥ A George III mahogany and rosewood demi-lune card table
The rectangular hinged top enclosing a baize lined interior above a plain frieze carved with a central paterae and swagged bellflowers, on stop-fluted square tapering legs and spade feet, with a depository swing label for Lady Deen, 104cm wide, 45cm deep, 75cm high.
£800-£1,200
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A George III carved mahogany secretaire side cabinet
The breakfront rectangular moulded top above a secretaire drawer inlaid with oval flame panels, flutes and beads; above a pair of moulded panelled doors with foliate roundels to each corner, enclosing two adjustable shelves on a moulded plinth base, 94cm wide, 40cm deep, 91cm high.
£2,000-£3,000
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A George III carved mahogany bureau cabinet attributed to Thomas Bradshaw
The pierced broken swan-neck acanthus and egg and dart carved and moulded pediment above a leaf and bellflower carved frieze and a pair of Gothic arched astragal glazed doors enclosing two adjustable shelves, the lower part with a sloping fall enclosing a panelled door flanked by triple cluster column 'secret drawers' and six pigeonholes with pierced fret arcading, above two short and three long graduated drawers and a wreathed base moulding, on acanthus carved ogee bracket feet, 107cm wide, 57cm deep, 264cm high.
£10,000-£15,000
The distinctive pierced cornice is a feature often used by the cabinet-maker Thomas Bradshaw. A bureau bookcase by Bradshaw with this type of cornice is illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, p.119, pl.150. Bradshaw is listed as working at St.Paul's Churchyard 1754-75 and subscribed to Chippendale's 1754 Director. He was declared bankrupt in 1772, (see G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.99).
A Bradshaw display cabinet of circa 1760 and formerly with Freshfords Antiques with pierced swan-neck fret pediment has comparable acanthus carved glazing bars, a more unusual feature. See Sotheby's, Important English Furniture, 30 June 2004 for a George III mahogany linen press, circa 1760, attributed to Thomas Bradshaw. A very similar unattributed bureau-cabinet, formerly with Hotspur, was sold Christie's, Important English Furniture, 6 July 2000, lot 150. A secretaire bookcase with pierced cornice, almost certainly attributable to Bradshaw and formerly with French & Co., New York, is illustrated in F.Lewis Hinckley, Metropolitan Furniture of the Georgian Years, 1988, p.138, Ill.212.
Two further unattributed but similar examples can be noted in C. Claxton Stevens & S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, pp.192 & 197, the one illustrated on p.192 has a comparable wreathed moulding, whilst both have ogee bracket feet as seen in the above lot (although this example has more sophisticated feet) rather than the blind fret bracket foot which is often seen in Bradshaw pieces.
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A George III mahogany display pedestal
The octagonal top above moulded panelled sides with canted angles, on a moulded plinth base, 45cm wide, 45cm deep, 67cm high.
£800-£1,000
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An unusual 18th century carved mahogany writing desk
The rectangular moulded top above a double inverted shell carved front flanked by Corinthian column pilasters, sliding forward and enclosing a tooled leather writing slide enclosing eight pigeonholes; one side with a cupboard door simulating three short drawers and enclosing sixteen pigeonholes, the other side with three short drawers, on shaped bracket feet, with castors, possibly Dutch, 91cm wide, 58cm deep, 81cm high.
£3,000-£4,000
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A George III mahogany kneehole dressing table/desk
The rounded rectangular top above a frieze drawer and a cupboard door enclosing a shelf flanked by three drawers to each side, on shaped bracket feet, 107cm wide, 49cm deep, 76cm high.
£1,200-£1,800
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A small George III mahogany chest
The rectangular moulded top above a slide and four long graduated drawers on shaped bracket feet, 78cm wide, 47cm deep, 78cm high.
£600-800
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A George III mahogany butlers tray on fixed stand
The rectangular top with a deep shaped three-quarter gallery on square tapering moulded legs with square brass cappings and castors, 68cm wide, 47cm deep, 57cm high.
£800-£1,200
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A pair of George III carved mahogany side chairs
The shield shaped padded and closenailed backs carved with stylised leaves above serpentine padded and close-nailed seats, on stiff leaf carved turned tapering legs headed by paterae, on spool feet. (2)
£700-£1,000
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A pair of George III mahogany Gentleman's tray top bedside commodes
Each with rectangular tops with shaped galleries and pierced carrying handles, above a pair of cupboard doors and deep shaped apron drawers on square chamfered legs, with slight differences to the turned roundels, converted, 58cm wide, 45cm deep, 80cm high. (2)
£5,000-£10,000
Provenance:
Purchased William Bedford PLC (£14,800).
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A George III ebonised and polychrome painted sofa
The curved bowed toprail decorated with laurel leaves, berries and flowers above a rectangular padded back above downswept arms painted with ribands and berries above a bowed seat, with loose squab cushion on square tapering legs with trailing bellflowers and paterae on spade feet, 204cm wide, 63cm deep, 90cm high.
£2,000-£3,000
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A George III figured mahogany and crossbanded serpentine Pembroke table
in the manner of Thomas Chippendale in the French taste
Inlaid with tulipwood banding, the shaped moulded top above a frieze drawer and an opposing simulated drawer on square tapering moulded legs with brass cappings and castors, 91cm wide, 75cm deep, 71cm high.
£1,500-£2,000
For a Pembroke table by Thomas Chippendale and with a very similar top, see Sothebys, 10 Nov 2015, lot 122 (realised £68,750 including premium). The Sotheby's table was removed from Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed and was part of a Chippendale commission, appearing in the 1828 inventory. The above table relates to other items of furniture supplied by Chippendale and the unusual figured top can be seen in another Pembroke table by Chippendale at Dumfries House, Ayrshire, see Christie's, Dumfries House: A Chippendale Commission, 12 July, 2007, lot 33.
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A George III figured mahogany linen press attributed to Gillows
Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rectangular ogee moulded dentil cornice above a pair of oval panelled doors enclosing four slides, the lower part with two short and two long graduated drawers, on slender outswept backet feet, 125cm wide, 57cm deep, 197cm high.
£1,200-£1,500
This typical Gillow handle pattern from the 1780-1800 period is illustrated in S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Vol. II, Suffolk 2008, p.335, pl. D9.a
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• Macquoid, (Percy) - A History of English Furniture, 1904-08, 4 vols, in red and gilt morocco
Comprising of The Age of Oak, Walnut, Mahogany and Satinwood, Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1908. (4)
£400-£600
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A large George III mahogany and sycamore marquetry oval tray
With central large marquetry conch shell and plain gallery, 75cm wide, 52cm deep, 3cm high.
£300-£500
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A late George III mahogany and brass bound oval tray
The brass bound gallery with moulded overscrolled brass carrying handles, 74cm wide, 60cm deep, 7cm high.
£1,000-£1,500
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A large George III rolled gilt, red and blue paper coat-of-arms in a glazed ebonised case
Depicting the arms of the Saunders and Sherwood/Cherwood family, backed onto light blue watered silk, 48cm wide, 10cm deep,
53cm high.
£2,500-£3,500
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An eleven-piece set of 19th century gilt bronze door furniture in a later glazed case
in the neo-classical style
Comprising of a one large and nine small door handles and a matching covered escutcheon plate, mounted within a rectangular mahogany veneered glazed case, 26.5cm wide, 12.5cm deep, 38cm high.
£300-£400
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A George III mahogany and sycamore marquetry octagonal box
Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the hinged lid with circular painted print of a putti within marquetry banded borders, the sides with specimen wood ovals, the interior re-lined, 28cm diameter, 12cm high.
£500-£700
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A George III mahogany and padouk serpentine cabinet on chest
possibly attributable to Wright and Elwick
The upper part of stepped form with an astragal glazed door flanked by smaller panelled doors each enclosing six pigeon holes and four graduated short drawers, surmounted by an overhanging drop-pendant and dentil moulded cornice above pierced fret carved crestings with foliate scroll work and acanthus carved turned and fluted acorn topped finials, the lower part with a serpentine moulded edge top above a fitted drawer with a sliding baize lined writing surface enclosing a ratcheted dressing mirror and various compartments and divisions above three graduated drawers, on shaped and moulded bracket feet, restorations, 106cm wide, 60cm deep, 210.5cm high.
£30,000-£50,000
This cabinet on chest or dressing cabinet is almost identical to an example at Fairfax House, York which forms part of the Noel Terry collection of furniture and clocks which resides there.Their dressing cabinet was formerly the property of R.M.Broadhead, Esq., Ockwells Manor, Berks then subsequently with Hotspur, London in 1977 (see P.Brown, The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture & Clocks at Fairfax House, York, York Civic Trust, fig 43 and illustrated Connoisseur, June, 1966, p.L1.)
See Thomas Chippendale's 1754 Director, pl. LXIX for a library bookcase with stepped breakfront cabinet and similar glazing pattern.
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A late George III mahogany and satinwood banded octagonal tripod table
Inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines, the tilt top above a wreathed shaft, on downswept legs and turned feet, 41cm wide, 33cm deep, 72cm high.
£800-£1,200
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A George III carved mahogany serpentine stool
The shaped rectangular seat above stiff leaf carved turned fluted legs, on turned feet, 82cm wide, 44cm deep, 46cm high.
£800-£1,000
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A pair of George III tray top Gentleman's bedside commodes
Each with rectangular tops, undulating galleries and heart shaped pierced carrying handles above tambour doors and a deep drawer, one still enclosing a lidded pot, on square chamfered legs, with castors, each 60cm wide, 50cm deep, 81cm high. (2)
£3,000-£4,000
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A pair of 19th century mahogany and brass bound rectangular book carriers
With pierced carrying handles to the sides, each 73cm wide, 29cm deep, 12cm high. (2)
£600-£800
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A Charles II cast iron and later polychrome decorated fireback
Of arched form cast with the Royal coat of arms and the motto 'Honi soit qui mal pense' and 'Dieu et mon Droit', 58cm high, 53cm wide.
£500-£700
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A George III paktong and burnished steel fire-grate
in the manner of Robert Adam
The rectangular cast iron back plate with bowed basket and three crossbars surmounted by turned urn finials, above pierced scrolling leaf engraved apron flanked by ring turned legs, with urn finials, on bracket feet, 64cm wide, 26cm deep, 74cm high.
£5,000-£7,000
The design for this fire-grate can be closely compared with an engraving in W.Glossop,The Stove-Grate Makers Assistant, published by I.Taylor in 1771, fig 43 (see C.Gilbert & A.Wells-Cole, The Fashionable Fire Place 1660-1840, p.56).
With similarities to late George II Scottish steel fire-grates by David Robertson circa 1760 supplied for Dumfries House, Ayrshire (see Christie's, Dumfries House, 12 July 2007, lots 16, 59 & 580). See also Christie's, London, 21 January 2010, lot 47 for another of related form.
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A George III mahogany and crossbanded, purplewood banded serpentine serving table
Inlaid with boxwood lines, the shaped rectangular top above a plain frieze with single drawers to each end, on square tapering gaitered legs headed by flame figured ovals, 137cm wide, 68cm deep, 92cm high.
£4,000-£6,000
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¥ A pair of George III mahogany, rosewood crossbanded and chequerbanded serpentine knife boxes
Each with sloping shaped lids enclosing a stellar inlaid lid and a fitted interior, above shaped fronts with white metal pierced escutcheons, ring handles and shield shaped cartouches flanked by simulated stop fluted uprights, each 22cm wide, 30cm deep, 39cm high. (2)
£2,000-£3,000
Provenance:
Carlton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire
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A George III carved mahogany window seat
in the French Hepplewhite taste
The serpentine padded seat and arms with scrolling arm terminals, on slender cabriole legs headed by shells on scroll feet, 119m wide, 41cm deep, 66cm high.
£4,000-£6,000
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A George III carved giltwood marginal mirror
The rectangular central plate within a beaded frame and divided marginal plates, within a beaded outerframe, surmounted by an urn cresting issuing flowerheads and swagged leaves, above stiff leaves and flanked by urn finials, with further draped swags and a swagged leaf and flowerhead apron below, regilt, 132m high, 57cm wide.
£3,000-£5,000
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A pair of Victorian carved oak Gothic Revival three-tier hanging shelves in the manner of George Smith
The rectangular moulded top shelf with wavy three-quarter gallery above two further shelves with pierced trefoil and quatrefoil arched ends, carved with flowerheads and Gothic tracery, 69cm wide, 18cm deep, 53cm high.
£800-£1,200
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A carved giltwood pier mirror
in the neo-classical style
The oval plate within a fluted and beaded moulded frame surmounted by a riband tied cresting with trailing bellflowers, above a classical urn, the apron carved with a scrolling acanthus leaf, principally George III but with 19th century embellishments, regilt, 218cm high, 85cm wide.
£2,500-£3,500
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A late George III mahogany, satinwood banded, amboyna, ebony, crossbanded and chequerbanded serving table
The narrow rectangular top with a bowed central section, the frieze with a central inlaid medallion, on square section tapering gaitered legs, 176cm wide, 56cm deep, 90cm high.
£2,000-£3,000
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A late George III satinwood, tulipwood banded, ebonised and line inlaid bowfront side cabinet
The shaped rectangular top with projecting corners above a plain frieze and a pair of grille panel doors with pleated silk backing enclosing velvet lined shelves flanked by tapering fluted columns and with similar columns to the back corners on ebonised turned toupie feet, 95cm wide, 37cm deep, 75cm high.
£2,500-£3,500
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A pair of George III carved mahogany open armchairs attributed to Gillows
in the Sheraton taste
The square backs with lobed finials above moulded, stiff leaf and paterae carved triple vertical splats, above downswept moulded arms and leaf carved arm supports, on serpentine caned seats and ring turned stiff leaf carved tapering legs with spool feet, together with loose buttoned and braided cream squab cushions. (2)
£1,500-£2,000
The splats on this pair of chairs closely relate to the design for a 'Spanish-back' chair of 1789 (Gillows Estimate Sketch Books, 735/1 f.13) see L.Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, pl.279.
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¥ A pair of George III satinwood, tulipwood crossbanded painted demi-lune card tables
Inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines, the hinged tops decorated with central laurel leaves, swags and paterae, enclosing baize lined interiors, above friezes painted with laurel & berry riband tied swags between simulated flutes, on square tapering legs painted with trailing bellflowers on spade feet,elements of the painted decoration of later date,with indistinct paper labels to the underside, each 92cm wide, 45cm deep, 76cm high. (2)
£4,000-£6,000
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A George III mahogany fret carved open armchair
The undulating toprail above a pierced splat centred by a twin-handled Classical urn, above outswept scroll arms and 'S' scroll arm supports, on serpentine padded close-nailed and buttoned seat on square fluted tapering legs and spade feet.
£700-£900
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A George III mahogany Universal Table
after a design by Thomas Sheraton
The rectangular top above two draw leaf slides above a frieze drawer on square tapering legs and square brass cappings and castors, 99cm wide, 77cm deep, 73cm high.
£1,000-£1,500
Thomas Sheraton's design for 'A Universal Table' for breakfast and dining was first published in 1791 and appeared later in his works, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, London 1802, 3rd ed., pl.XXV
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An early 19th century mahogany Federal carved mahogany side cabinet
The rectangular top with fret carved three-quarter gallery with acorn turned finials and two hinges candle boxes, above a pair of frieze drawers and a pair of line inlaid panelled doors with applied roundels, enclosing a divided interior of two short drawers and a deep cellaret drawer and a later shelf, flanked by ring turned projecting angles, on turned feet, 108cm wide, 48cm deep, 116cm high.
£1,000-£1,500
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A pair of Regency carved mahogany hall chairs
The shaped toprails with large central turned roundels and stylised lotus leaves, with drop pendants, above scrolling acanthus carved backs and rectangular seats with moulded seatrails on downswept moulded legs, with restorations. (2)
£1,500-£2,000
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A Regency mahogany four-tier tapering whatnot
The rectangular top with three-quarter gallery and turned finials above ring turned supports, the lower tier with an apron drawer on ring turned tapering legs, with castors, 47cm wide, 47cm deep, 151cm high.
£1,000-£1,500
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A pair of late Regency oak hall chairs
The moulded tableted backs centred by raised shields with applied bronze heraldic devices, raised on foliated carved moulded supports, the tapered seats, on octagonal turned legs and spool feet. (2)
£800-£1,200
Provenance
Probably Titsey Place, Surrey
Katherine Maria Gresham (1770-1808), daughter of Sir John Gresham heiress to Titsey Place married William Leveson Gower (1779-1851), a younger son of Admiral the Hon. John Leveson Gower and first cousin of the Marquess of Stafford, later the 1st Duke of Sutherland in 1804. Katherine died four years later in 1808.
Earl Granville's (Leveson-Gower) family crest usually has a better restrained collar chain on the walking wolf, it may also be noted that it is also the crest of LOWE of Highfield, Nottinghamshire. The grasshopper is the crest of GRESHAM, originally of Greasham, Norfolk.
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A large Regency mahogany centre table in the manner of T & G Seddon
The rounded rectangular top with reeded edge above standard end supports, the shaped plinth bases headed by scrolling lotus leaves and flowerheads, 182cm wide, 110cm deep, 77cm high.
£5,000-£7,000
The use of good quality timber and carved scrolling lotus leaf design is indicative of the work of T & G Seddon. See C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, fig. 819 for a labelled centre table from the 1815-20 period and another example, twenty years later in date from the 1835-40 period, (fig.829) both using this carved device on the upper part of the end supports.
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¥ A pair of Regency rosewood and brass marquetry card tables
Each with a rounded rectangular
swivel top enclosing a baize lined interior
on spreading rectangular shaft with parcel
gilt lobed moulding, on quadripartite base with downswept scrolling legs and leaf cast cappings and castors, each 92cm wide, 46cm deep, 75cm high. (2)
£6,000-£8,000
Provenance:
The late Dr Tony Ryan, Lyons Demesne, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Purchased: Christies, London, Lyons Demesne Works of Art from The Collection of the Late Dr Tony Ryan, 14 July 2011, lot 355 (realised £11,875 including premium).
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A Regency mahogany, ebonised and brass marquetry sofa table
The rectangular hinged top with canted corners and reeded edge above one short freize drawer and one simulated drawer to each side, on reeded 'X' form legs joined by a ring turned stretcher on hairy paw feet, 163cm wide, 65cm deep, 72cm high.
£1,200-£1,800
The earliest published designs for furniture in the Regency style are in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary of 1803. The design for this sofa table can be compared to plate 62 in the Dictionary for 'A new design for a Pembroke table'.
The inspiration of the 'antique' style can be seen in the work of major designers of the period and in the published works such as Thomas Hope's, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) and George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1808). The use of the X-frame support in the 'antique' manner can been seen on the Regency rosewood writing table supplied to Southill, Bedfordshire and attributed to Marsh and Tatham, illustrated in Southill, A Regency House, pl.42 London, 1951, pl.46. The influential designs of Charles Heathcote Tatham, which are encapsulated in his 1806 work Etchings representing Fragments of Grecian and Roman Architectural Ornaments is evident in the architect Henry Holland's work at Southill where Holland was known to have worked with C.H Tatham's brother Thomas and his partner William Marsh. The X-frame support was also extensively employed by Thomas Hope on the tabouret in the Indian Room at Duchess Street and on the chairs in The Flaxman Room at Duchess Street, both appearing in engravings in Hope's 1807 publication.
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A small Regency carved mahogany console/pier table
The rounded rectangular moulded brass bound top above trussed scroll lotus and acanthus leaves on moulded front supports and a rounded rectangular plinth base, 72cm wide, 31cm deep, 94cm high.
£2,500-£3,000
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